Blackwater (Irish: An Abhainn Dubh, meaning 'the black river')[3] is a rural village in County Wexford, Ireland.

Michael Gray operates a route linking the village with Wexford Mondays to Fridays inclusive [4] Bus Éireann route 379 serves the village on Mondays and Saturdays only linking it to Wexford, Gorey and intermediate locations such as Courtown Harbour.

It also has a video arcade, a number of supermarkets, a large second-hand furniture store, and a clothes alterations shop.

[6][7] Blackwater is close to Ballyconnigar beach, a site with one of the highest levels of erosion in the area, due to tidal forces.

Species of fish encountered around this area include bullhuss, smoothhound, tope, bass, ray, codling, eels, and flounder.